--for Susie
Timmons
From Walnut & Broad St. to Walnut & 19th I stopped
for every security camera. Philadelphia
watches us always, FUCK YOU WATCHING US ALWAYS!! Several in one block I took notes, it was
noon, it was twelve just as I wanted it to be.
I took notes for the poem, notes notes notes.
A little basket of edible flowers: nasturtiums, roses, pansies, I eat pansies, I
LOVE pansies small buttery purple lettuce!!
At each security camera I paused, looked into the camera, DIRECTLY IN
THERE and stuck my tongue inside a flower.
Flicked it in and out, in and out, flicking, licking, suckling
blossoms. A security guard asked what the fuck was I doing, “I’M A
POLLINATOR, I’M A POLLINATOR!!” This was
the only thing I was allowed to say for the duration of the security camera
pollination application, “I’M A POLLINATOR, I’M A POLLINATOR!!” I took notes, took many notes, and the notes
became a poem titled, “I WANT TO DO EVERY / THING WRONG JUST ONCE”
